It depicts a 'secutor' gladiator and is made of copper alloy with an iron blade, inlaid with copper and silver. The knife would have been used for sharpening quill pens and embodies the opulence ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare Roman-era knife handle shaped like a gladiator in the River Tyne near Corbridge Roman Town, located along Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, England. Believed to be ...